Differences

When I came back from Uganda it was almost a culture shock coming back to Canada. It wasn't the huge things that bothered me but all the little things that we did without realizing it. This really hit me hard when we were planning the Christmas concert. Rev. Pols asked us to include all the Bible history and catechism classes so at the first practice they all showed up but the whole time they complained and whined about how they had other places to go, so we let them go and practiced with just the lttile ones. The next sunday not a single one showed up. They refused to participate and the parents told them they didn't have to if they didn't want to. It was only because on the sunday of the concert Rev. Pols announced the concert and called them up to the front that they came. Very slowly.

Once they arrived at the front the just stood there. They didn't participate. They didn't sing, they just stood there. Not all of them but a lot of the older ones. (The little guys sang there hearts out and were so darn cute they stole the show!)

When we were in Uganda the school had a choir. There were kids of all ages and grades and all the kids wanted to be in it. The problem was there is a small fee to enroll and not all of the parents could afford it so not all of the kids could be n choir. You should have seen all of them they would try to sneak in or they would stand outside of the circle singing alone or just watching with longing in there eyes. And you should have seen the kids in the choir they sang with all there hearts they knew what a privilege it was to sing in the group.



Aren't they adorable? They sing with out being self conscience or without worrying about who is going to see them. I wish the girls and boys in our church would realize that they look more foolish when they don't sing then if they do.